What $700,000 buys in Boston’s South End

Welcome to Curbed Comparisons, a regular column that explores what one can rent or buy for a set dollar amount (or thereabouts) in the Boston area. Is one woman’s studio another’s townhouse? Let’s find out! Next up is $700,000 in Boston’s South End.

Southwest Corridor area

Photos via Compass

Unit 2 at 234 West Newton Street is a garden-level condo running to 635 square feet and containing two bedrooms and one bathroom. The $710,000 tag includes a deeded parking space and washer-dryer. The HOA fee is $186.

Boston University Medical Campus area

Photos via the Annette Given Team at the Charles Realty

Now toward where the South End meets Roxbury and Unit 308 at 691 Massachusetts Avenue. The 902-square-foot one-bedroom, one-bathroom is part of an eight-year-old development, and includes a private balcony and in-unit washer-dryer. The spread is asking $699,000, with an HOA fee of $444.75.

Near Shawmut and Massachusetts avenues

Photos via @briggsjohnsonphotography and the Curtis Group at Compass

There’s in-unit laundry too at Unit 7 at 600 Massachusetts Avenue. The 1,050-square-foot two-bedroom, one-bathroom is on the street level of the seven-unit building. The asking is $699,000, and the HOA is $136.50.

Along Columbus Avenue

Photos via Paul Whaley at Coldwell Banker

The 694-square-foot Unit 1 at 408 Columbus Avenue is part of a five-unit building. The one-bedroom, one-bathroom duplex was also recently renovated; and it’s now asking $699,000 with an HOA fee of $174.

Boston University Medical Campus area

Photos via Kevin Caulfield at Compass

A gut-renovation produced the 765-square-foot penthouse at 55 East Springfield Street, a two-bedroom, one-bathroom duplex in a five-unit building. The spread, which includes a washer-dryer, is asking $679,000. The HOA fee is not available.